Paper-fastener package.



PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904.

G. H. GLIFF.

PAPER FASTENER PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED nso. 21, 1903.

No MODEL'.

INVENTO WITNESSES;

Patented August 23, 1904.

:UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE,-

GrEORGrE H.;OLIFF,YOF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DELONG HOOK AND EYE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA, ACORPORATION OF WESTVIRGINIA.

PAPER-FASTENER PACVKAC-IIE.4

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,423, dated August23, 1904. Application iiled December 21, 1903.. lSerial No, 185,928. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. CLIFF, a citi- Zen of the UnitedStates,residing in the' city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-FastenerPackages, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a paper fastener packagesuitable for commercial purposes, which may be easily and economicallyconstructed, and in which the fasteners will be retained in convenientposition for use. n topped box having located therein a coiled strip ofpaper or other suitable material, the

top edges of the convolutions of the said' coiled strip of paper beingsufliciently spaced apart to permit the entry or insertion into thepackage between the said convolutions of paper fasteners.

In order that the invention maybe more readily understood andcomprehended, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

Figure l is a top plan view of a paper fastener package embodying-"myinvention;

FigureQ is a vertical section of the same;

Figure 3 is a section indicating a modified construction of paperfastener package embodying my invention;

Figure 4 is a transverse section of a number of convolutions of aspirally wound strip indicating a modified construction of paperfastener package embodying my invention;

Figure 5 1s a view similar to that of Figure 4, indicating anothermodification; and Figure 6 is a top plan view of my fastener holderorder to space the several convolutionsof the,

said strip, the lower edge of the strip is turned or folded upwardly toform a spacing strip, as indicated at 4 in Figure 2, the said convolu-The invention consistsA in an openvwithin the said box, though inpractice it is found to be unnecessary as the strip is retained withinthe box by means of the friction of the strip against the sides l of thesaid box.

rI`he construction illustrated in Figure 3 is the same as-that shown inFigure 2, except that the lower edge of the strip is folded twice asindicated at 6, the convolutions of the strip thus' being. separated bya space twice the thickness of the space shown in Figure 2, so

that the saidpackage is adapted to receive the stems or bodies of paperfasteners of greater thickness than those shown in Figure 2.

In Figure 4 a construction is shown which is similar to that shown inFigure 2, except that I tlie spacing strip 7 at the bottom of the strips3 is separate orvdetached from the said strips 3. The construction shownin Figure 5 differs vfrom that shown Vin Figure 4 onlyin having `thespacing strip 7 located a slight distance above the lower e'dge of thestrip 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. An article ofmanufacture of the character described, comprising a box or receptacle,a coiled strip of suitable material located in the said box orreceptacle, a spacing strip located between the convolutions of the saidstrip below the upper edge thereof to occasion the formation of spacesbetween the adjacent convolutions, such spaces extending uninterruptedlyfrom the said spacing strip to the top edges of the convolutions of thecoiled strip.

2. A commercial holder for fasteners, comprising a box or receptacle anda coiled strip `of paper or other suitable material located in the saidbox or receptacle, the yconvolutions of said coiled strip being spacedat their top edges, and a spacing strip located at the lower the saidstrip to occasion the formation of spaces between the adjacentconvolutlons, such spaces extending uninterruptedly from the 15 saidspacing strip to the top edges of the convolutions of the spirally woundstrip.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my invention l have hereuntosigned my name this 18th day of December, A. l). 1903.

GEORGE lil. CLlFlf.

In presence of- Tiros. K. LANCASTER, LAURA KLEINFELDER.

